What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55490 and 55502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55490 and 55502 is 2.

GCF(55490,55502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55490 and 55502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55490 and 55502.

How to find the GCF of 55490 and 55502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55490 and 55502. After we will calculate the factors of 55490 and 55502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55490

Prime factors of 55490 are 2, 5, 31, 179. Prime factorization of 55490 in exponential form is:

55490 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 31¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55502

Prime factors of 55502 are 2, 27751. Prime factorization of 55502 in exponential form is:

55502 = 2¹ × 27751¹

Step-3: Factors of 55490

List of positive integer factors of 55490 that divides 55490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 31, 62, 155, 179, 310, 358, 895, 1790, 5549, 11098, 27745

Step-4: Factors of 55502

List of positive integer factors of 55502 that divides 55490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55490 and 55502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55490 and 55502 is 2.

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